Several half-assed renovations make it hard to picture now, but the Astor Room started life as the uber-glamorous Paramount Pictures commissary in the 1920s. As glossies on the wall attest, budding ...

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Why do certain foods fall out of fashion? That’s the question posed by the Astor Room, a new restaurant located in the former commissary of the still-active Kaufman Astoria Studios. The spot is a ...

Philanthropist Brooke Astor always loved and nurtured the New York Public Library, and next month, it will thank her by starting construction on the Lenox and Astor Room on the second floor of the ...

“I’ve stepped back into the Roaring Twenties” – this is probably the first thought that enters your mind as you descend from the 36th street entrance of the Astor Room, located on the edge of the ...

Late last week, The Astor Room opened on the ground floor of the historic Kaufman Astoria Studios. Where once there was a public commissary for Paramount Pictures, the space has now been restored to a ...